Tauranga
Shaded by huge pohutukawa trees, spooky Monmouth Redoubt was originally a M膩ori 辫腻 (fortified village), then taken over and adapted by British soldiers during the New Zealand Wars.
At the foot of the Redoubt, on the end of the Strand, is Te Awanui, a ceremonial waka (canoe) carved in 1972, on display in an open-sided building.
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The steep slopes of 232m-high Mauao swarm with walkers in the morning, when the Mount鈥檚 early risers perform their ritual climb to the summit. The ascent鈥
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Waihi鈥檚 superb Gold Discovery Centre tells of the area鈥檚 gold-mining past, present and future through interactive displays, focusing on personal and鈥
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The Wingspan National Bird of Prey Centre is dedicated to conserving threatened NZ raptors, particularly the karearea (NZ falcon). Learn about the birds鈥
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Known as Tikitere to the Ng膩ti Rangiteaorere people, this highly active geothermal reserve lies 16km northeast of Rotorua on the Whakat膩ne road (SH30). It鈥
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The city's pre-eminent gallery stages challenging exhibitions of thought-provoking contemporary work. The building itself is a former bank, though you鈥檇鈥
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Surrounded by mature trees and lovely gardens, Tauranga's original mission station incorporates the Bay of Plenty's earliest buildings, along with one of鈥
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Due to copyright, all the movie sets around NZ were dismantled after the filming of The Lord of the Rings, but Hobbiton鈥檚 owners negotiated to keep their鈥
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The natural springs here are home to wild trout and eels, which you can peer at through an underwater viewer, and plenty of animals, including tuatara (a鈥
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At its best in late spring and summer, this verdant pocket of roses sits behind an ivy-covered colonnade on a cliff overlooking the harbour, and is like a鈥
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Hairy Maclary author Lynley Dodd lived in Tauranga for years, and NZ鈥檚 favourite literary animals were immortalised in bronze on Tauranga鈥檚 wharf in 2015鈥
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Surrounded by mature trees and lovely gardens, Tauranga's original mission station incorporates the Bay of Plenty's earliest buildings, along with one of鈥
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The city's pre-eminent gallery stages challenging exhibitions of thought-provoking contemporary work. The building itself is a former bank, though you鈥檇鈥
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This shady little cemetery, overlooking the bridge, has some interesting memorials relating to battles fought between local M膩ori and government forces in鈥
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A fairly ordinary-looking Victorian villa stranded on a hill as the roads around it grew, Brain Watkins House (no, not Brian) was built in 1881 from kauri鈥
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Located on a nondescript suburban street, this marae (traditional meeting place) has a sensationally carved wharenui (meeting house). This is the private鈥
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This fascinating aviation museum, beside the airport, is filled with predominantly military aircraft. You can scramble through the living quarters of the鈥